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cicada killers

cicada killers is the plural of cicada killer.

Meaning of cicada killer

Noun

cicada killer (plural cicada killers)

  1. Sphecius speciosus, a large digger wasp that hunts cicadas.
  2. Any wasp in the genus Sphecius, which also hunt cicadas.

Questions about cicada killers

What is cicada killers the plural of?
Cicada killers is the plural of cicada killer.

Words near cicada killers in the dictionary

  1. cicada case
  2. cicada cases
  3. cicada hawk
  4. cicada hawks
  5. cicada killer
  6. cicada killers
  7. cicada-geddon
  8. cicadabird
  9. cicadabirds
  10. cicadae
  11. cicadageddon

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